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Holiday greetings from Bagram, Afghanistan

Petty Officer 2nd Class Micheal Rush of Loudonville sends a video holiday greeting (and does a little rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers) with Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesus Lopez of Muskegon, Mich., from Task Group Trident at Bagram, Afghanistan, in the video linked at right.

The video is one of hundreds sent home by U.S. servicemen and women as part of the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see other messages from personnel from Ohio, go to: http://www.dvidshub.net/holiday/C120/OH. There's a map there to select messages from natives of other states, too.

In addition to viewing the videos, visitors who register on the site can send e-cards and messages to the personnel who have posted greetings.

According to the DVIDS web site, the service is operated by Third Army/U.S. Army Central on behalf of the Department of the Army in support of all branches of the U.S. military and its coalition partners throughout the world. Encompass Digital Media Inc. in Atlanta is a civilian contractor that provides video editors, web developers and satellite transmission technicians for the program.